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Prefecture-Level Cartograms of Japan

A browser for uploading data and rendering it as prefecture-level cartograms of Japan.

Publication Date

November 22, 2025

Project Client

Personal project

Project Description

A cartogram tool — data is reflected in the area of each region on the map — that lets users upload various datasets at the Japanese-prefecture level for visualization.

A ranking mode is also available. It automatically computes ranks from 1 through 47 and colors them with a diverging palette centered on the 24th rank, visually producing a kind of above/below opposition around the median.

Total population of Hokkaido

Population under 15 in Kyoto Prefecture

Population aged 75 and over in Fukuoka Prefecture

Population aged 75 and over in Tokyo (23 wards and the Tama area)

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